snake

noun

• 1a long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. Some snakes have a venomous bite.

  • Suborder Ophidia (or Serpentes), order Squamata: many families

• 2 (also snake in the grass) a treacherous or deceitful person:that man is a cold-blooded snake

• 3 (the snake) a former system of interconnected exchange rates for the currencies of EC countries: the snake did not have any provision for strong currency nations to help the weak

• 4 (in full plumber's snake) a long flexible wire for clearing obstacles in piping.

verb

• move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake:a rope snaked down